pacman Operations¶

Manage pacman packages. (Arch Linux package manager)

Facts used in these operations: pacman.PacmanPackages, pacman.PacmanUnpackGroup.

pacman.packages¶

Add/remove pacman packages.

pacman.packages(packages: 'str | list[str] | None' = None, present=True, update=False, upgrade=False,
         **kwargs,
    )

• packages: list of packages to ensure
• present: whether the packages should be installed
• update: run pacman -Sy before installing packages
• upgrade: run pacman -Su before installing packages

Versions: Package versions can be pinned like pacman: <pkg>=<version>.

Example:

from pyinfra.operations import pacman
pacman.packages(
    name="Install Vim and a plugin",
    packages=["vim-fugitive", "vim"],
    update=True,
)

pacman.update¶

Updates pacman repositories.

pacman.update**kwargs,    )

pacman.upgrade¶

Upgrades all pacman packages.

pacman.upgrade**kwargs,    )